I just had an upper wisdom tooth removed last week. The dentist didn't use stitches, just gave me gauze after pulling it and sent me home. The 3rd day I started having pain in my jaw, my ear and in my sinuses. I also started showing signs of a sinus infection.
I looked at the area with a dental mirror and I see a huge hole where the tooth was and it's black. I assume this is a blood clot although if I look close enough it looks like I can see some bone through it so the clot doesn't seem to be big.
I went back to the dentist to look at it and I was told it looks fine just take more pain meds. I asked if I had dry socket and was just told "it might be." That was it. I don't think it's dry socket because I'm not dying in pain, but it does hurt a lot.
It's going on a week and I'm still in pain and the hole hasn't closed in at all.
I'm new to this and have never had a tooth pulled and am due to have the other side done next week. I opted to wait so I could chew on one side instead of having both out at the same time. I am allergic to a lot of foods so a soft liquid diet isn't exactly easy for me. Problem is, I still have a giant hole and am worried I'll get food stuck in it if I have the other tooth removed.
Should I be seeing any pain going away by now?
Should I hold off on having the other removed until the one I had out is healed?
Should the dentist have stitched the gum where the tooth was that was removed? It wasn't impacted just decayed.
I wish I could post a pic here.
I looked at the area with a dental mirror and I see a huge hole where the tooth was and it's black. I assume this is a blood clot although if I look close enough it looks like I can see some bone through it so the clot doesn't seem to be big.
I went back to the dentist to look at it and I was told it looks fine just take more pain meds. I asked if I had dry socket and was just told "it might be." That was it. I don't think it's dry socket because I'm not dying in pain, but it does hurt a lot.
It's going on a week and I'm still in pain and the hole hasn't closed in at all.
I'm new to this and have never had a tooth pulled and am due to have the other side done next week. I opted to wait so I could chew on one side instead of having both out at the same time. I am allergic to a lot of foods so a soft liquid diet isn't exactly easy for me. Problem is, I still have a giant hole and am worried I'll get food stuck in it if I have the other tooth removed.
Should I be seeing any pain going away by now?
Should I hold off on having the other removed until the one I had out is healed?
Should the dentist have stitched the gum where the tooth was that was removed? It wasn't impacted just decayed.
I wish I could post a pic here.
Is this normal for a wisdom tooth removal?
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